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Jobs and inflation are the two critical factors in any economy. In India, inflation control is the remit of the Reserve Bank of India. However, the government can alleviate the impact of inflation through welfare measures such as the free distributio

CHAIRMAN AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Aroon Purie VICE CHAIRPERSON: Kalli Purie GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dinesh Bhatia GROUP EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Raj Chengappa CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Manoj Sharma GROUP CREATIVE EDITOR: Nilanjan Das; GROUP PHOTO EDITOR

For sharp analysis on topical issues by the editors of INDIA TODAY, log on to www.indiatoday.in/india-today-magazine-insight Five takeaways from Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra By Kaushik Deka In Rahul Gandhi’s words, the Bharat Jodo Yatra was not e

↘ Adani companies have taken on substantial debt, putting the group on a precarious financial footing ↘ Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani, through several close associates, manages a vast labyrinth of offshore shell entities; 38 of them were identifi

Class 3 students able to read at least Class 2 level Class 3 students able to do at least subtraction Note: The nationwide survey covered 699,597 children (aged 3-16) across 19,060 villages in all 616 rural districts ■

Bal Thackeray’s second son is an artist and collector of smo king pipes. Estranged from his father, he was left out of Balasaheb’s will. Is a Shinde supporter Jaidev’s ex-wife held huge sway in the Sena in the 1990s. Edged out by brother-in-law Uddha

A nupriya Patel, Union minister and Apna Dal (S) MP from Mirzapur, UP, may face a challenge from her own sister and Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Pallavi Patel in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. SP sources say the party has no issue fielding Pallavi from Mir

It has been over three years since NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as deputy chief minister in the shortlived government that he tried to form with Devendra Fadnavis and the BJP in a morning coup. It is something that intrigues seasoned politicians e

One lot of Namibian cheetahs safely ensconced in Kuno National Park, a high-level delegation is set to go to South Africa in February to get the next. Among its members, who are nominated by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (Mo

↘ Outlay for PM Awas Yojana enhanced by 66 per cent to over Rs 79,000 crore ↘ Capital investment outlay increased steeply for the third year in a row by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore, or 3.3 per cent of GDP. This is almost thrice the outlay in 2019

For the past seven months, Pavan (name changed), a BTech graduate from Mohali, has been waiting for a call or an email from a leading Indian IT company. The 23-year-old was selected for the role of associate software engineer, but there has been no c

The travel and hospitality sectors were hit the most by Covid-19. In March last year, Union tourism minister G. Kishan Reddy said that 21.5 million people involved in the tourism sector had lost their jobs due to the pandemic. What the budget has don

↘ Capital investment outlay increased by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore or 3.3 per cent of GDP ↘ The 50-year interest-free loan to state governments will continue for one more year with an outlay of Rs 1.3 lakh crore. It will have to be spent on cap

Goa is famous for its sandy beaches, shrines, vibrant nightlife and thrilling water activities. Tourism has been the major driver of Goa's economic growth. Surpassing Goa's portrayed image of a coastal tourism state, we now aim to promote the unexplo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new international airport at Mopa in North Goa on December 11, 2022, naming it in honour of Goa's beloved former four-time chief minister and former Union Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar. "With the new M

What infrastructural developments do you seek to achieve in the tourism industry? There is a great focus on tourism infrastructure development, both through central and state government funding. We have proposed four new projects to obtain Central fu

How will the concept 'Rediscover Goa' boost tourism and contribute to Goa's employment sector? What experience do you intend to offer travellers? Goa is changing its branding and destination management. There are several facets in the state which we

Two-time Congress CM merged his shortlived Punjab Lok Congress with the BJP. Now member of party’s national executive Close confidant of Amarinder Singh and an ex-minister. Now a special invitee to the BJP national executive Minister in Charanjit Cha

THE THREE NORTHEASTERN STATES—Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland—may account for just five seats in the Lok Sabha, but the outcome of their assembly elections, scheduled in February, is politically significant for the BJP, which is in power at the Cent

MANIK SAHA, 70 Chief Minister The former Congressman joined the BJP in 2016 and was made chief minister in May 2022 to fight anti-incumbency and growing organisational dissent. He now has his task cut out to lead the BJP back to power amid challenges

↘ Started in 2001, Mission Shakti was made a directorate in the ministry of women and child development in 2017 ↘ It became a full-fledged department in 2021 ↘ Annual budget: Rs 2,000 crore ↘ 700,000 SHGs, 7 mn members ↘ Block Federation under Missio

If the practice of music, like all art, improves the mind, leading to overall refinement, no less pleasure is obtained from disseminating its tools amongst eager learners. The avowed goal, or “mission”, of a unique undertaking of a husband-wife duo—P

↘ A high-powered panel under the ACS (housing) and nodal committee under the chief secretary will monitor the project ↘ A project feasibility commitee will submit a report, in about two months, on the exact area to be redeveloped and the eligibility

WHY THERE ARE NO NOYONTARA FLOWERS IN AGARGAON COLONY: STORIES by Shahidul Zahir; translated by V. Ramaswamy HARPERCOLLINS INDIA ₹399; 269 pages There are some authors whose prose rises off the printed page like a mist. Or a dream. Soon it begins to

Championing a multiplicity of artistic practices, this programme features Debashish Paul’s performance art piece about his queer identity, the Vayeda brothers’ transformation of the fair’s facade into a ‘Forest of the Future’ using their Warli tradit

The seven-year partnership of the IAF and BMW India is being marked with a special commission entitled ‘The Future is Born of Art’, awarded to Devika Sundar, who is designing the wrap for the all-new BMW X7 in response to the theme ‘Forwardism’. Her

The IAF will publish a completely women-led poster zine titled Fire in the Belly for the 2023 edition, presenting the voices of eight artists and creative powerhouses—Anikesa Dhing, Aravani Art Project, Aqui Thami, Dhruvi Acharya, Meena Kandasamy, Ri

PREDICTABILITY IS THE BANE OF IMAGINATION, ESPECIALLY in the luxury futurescape, where indulgence is a constantly evolving variable both in geographies and in generations. But come January, just as a commitment to a long list of resolute determinatio